Houston tries to take the three-game series against the White Sox behind starter Framber Valdez who has won five last six starts.

Josh Hader remains flawless in 2025, earning his 18th save in the Astros’ 4-3 win over the White Sox while further backing his elite status.

The Sox (23-46) dropped Thursday’s game 4-3 against the Astros, losing the series. It was a frustrating day for the Sox’ offense. They struck out 16 times, and when they made hard contact it found the gloves of Astros defenders.

Rookie Ryan Gusto, the beneficiary of the outpouring of offense, responded with his first quality start in the majors. Gusto threw six innings of two-run ball. Two relievers, Bryan King and Steven Okert, finished the win he started.

Isaac Paredes hit a solo homer and Jose Altuve doubled twice and had two RBIs to lead the Houston Astros over the Chicago White Sox 4-3 on Thursday night. Houston led 4-2 entering the ninth before Mike Tauchman homered to right field off closer Josh Hader to get Chicago within 4-3.

There's a mural of Pope Leo XIV at the White Sox's park, near where he sat for Game 1 of the 2005 World Series. Yeah, the Chicago native once known as Father Bob is a fan.

Although the Houston Astros (38-30) hold a four and a half game lead in the American League West, they still do not look quite like themselves at this point of the 2025 MLB season. The lineup is specifically an enigma,

The Rangers (33-36) host the Chicago White Sox (23-46) in a three-game weekend series at Globe Life Field. First pitch for game one is set for 7:05 p.m. Texas is coming off of a three-game series against the Minnesota Twins, winning two of the three. The Rangers offense posted 16 runs in both wins, outscoring the Twins, 34-13 combined.

There's still a lot of road left in the season, but we wanted to see progress,” assistant general manager Josh Barfield told the Sun-Times. “We knew that we had some of these young guys coming up here,

The White Sox called up the No. 6-ranked prospect in their organization, right-hander Grant Taylor, on Tuesday. Chicago selected Taylor's contract from Double-A Birmingham and designated right-hander Bryse Wilson for assignment.